TONIGHT at Toyota Stadium it's the semifinals of the 101st edition of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup as FC Dallas hosts Philadelphia for the second time in a month with a chance to host the LHUSOC Final on the line for the winner. Both teams have defeated three teams to get to this point so let's take a look back and see how each team arrived at tonight's big game in Frisco.

It took FC Dallas quite a bit of effort to shake off the plucky side that currently sits in first place in the NASL, but Oscar Pareja's men wore down the Scorpions after a scoreless first half and eventually found a pair of goals through the Colombian connection of Fabian Castillo and Andres Escobar.

This win was Dallas' first ever against San Antonio and helped set up a Texas Derby in the fifth round of the tournament.

In another epic edition of the Texas Derby, FC Dallas prevailed for the fourth straight time and second straight in the LHUSOC with a 3-2 win after extra time.

A see-saw battle typical of FCD vs Houston matchups saw Dallas take the lead at BBVA Compass Stadium in the 35th minute through Fabian Castillo's slalomed effort. The Dynamo tied the game up before halftime, but Andres Escobar restored FCD's lead in the 59th minute with a screamer of a strike. Omar Cummings once against tied up the game just three minutes later and we headed for extra time.

Tesho Akindele wrote another chapter to his wonderful rookie season with a 98th minute game-winner and FCD moved on to the quarterfinals.

Once again, the Union needed extra time to see off their lower-league opponent, beating the NASL's New York Cosmos 2-1 in a wild match at PPL Park. Both sides tallied in a two-minute span in the second half sending the match to extra time where things really got nutty.

Sebastien Le Toux scored a game-winner in the 114th minute from the penalty spot, but that's only half the story. The 30 minutes of extra time saw five red cards and two yellow cards dished out in a wild match that saw Philadelphia move on to the quarterfinals where they were set to host the New England Revolution.

While lower league sides look easy on paper, this matchup against Carolina was anything but as FC Dallas would travel to a Railhawks team that had not lost at home in 24 games. Carolina came out and took the lead early in the match, but Blas Perez fired back for two goals and Fabian Castillo added a third to send a wild game to halftime with FCD leading 3-2.

Dallas took control in the second half and found goals from Mauro Diaz and Blas Perez to complete his hat trick and send FCD to tonight's semifinal matchup, the eighth LHUSOC semifinal in team history.

The Union scored a relatively straight-forward 2-0 win over the Revolution with goals in either half from Conor Casey and Sebastien Le Toux. The crazy part of this game surrounded an hour-long weather delay that saw a dust storm invade PPL Park.

As the clock neared midnight in Dallas on Tuesday evening, the #MLSAllStar festivities were well underway with the ever-popular Men In Blazers podcast filming live in downtown Portland with a little twist. Roger and Davo had US Soccer President Sunil Gulati and representatives from the four remaining teams in the 2014 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup come on stage for the live coin flip to determine who would host the final.

Well by now you probably know that FC Dallas won the coin toss(As assistant TD Luiz Muzzi shows with the fist pump)!

Via US Soccer, FC Dallas will learn tonight whether a potential Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Final will be at Toyota Stadium or on the road. Here are the details:

CHICAGO (Aug. 4, 2014) – The 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final Draw will be held today during the Men in Blazers Live Show from the Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, the host location of the 2014 Major League Soccer All-Star Game.

Hosted by Roger Bennett and Michael Davies, the Men in Blazers program begins at 9 p.m. PT and will be live on mlssoccer.com. The Open Cup draw, which will be a coin flip, will take place toward the end of the show. The draw will determine the potential site of the 2014 U.S. Open Cup championship match, which will be broadcast live on GolTV.

The four U.S. Open Cup semifinalists (all from MLS) include four-time U.S. Open Cup champion Chicago Fire, three-time winner Seattle Sounders FC, the Philadelphia Union and FC Dallas. Each team will have a representative at the coin toss, and all four clubs have applied to host the Final.

Pending the draw and the semifinal results, the date of the U.S. Open Cup Final could be on Sept. 16, Sept. 17 or Oct. 1.

U.S. Soccer will broadcast the U.S. Open Cup semifinal match between Chicago and Seattle as its “Game of the Round” coverage resumes on ussoccer.com. The game kicks off at 7 p.m. PT on Wednesday, Aug. 13, at the Starfire Soccer Complex in Tukwila, Washington. Philadelphia and FC Dallas meet in their semifinal match at 8 p.m. CT on Tuesday, Aug. 12, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.

Semifinal Round Schedule

Date

Game

Time

Venue

Aug. 12

Philadelphia Union at FC Dallas

8 p.m. CT

Toyota Stadium; Frisco, Texas

Aug. 13

Chicago Fire at Seattle Sounders FC

7 p.m. PT

Starfire Soccer Complex; Tukwila, Wash.

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, recognized as U.S. Soccer’s National Club Championship, is an annual competition open to all amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer. The tournament has crowned a champion for 100 consecutive years dating back to 1914. This year’s winner will earn $250,000, a berth in the 2015-16 CONCACAF Champions’ League and have its name engraved on the historic Dewar Challenge Trophy, one of the oldest nationally contested trophies in American team sports. The runner-up will take home $60,000. In 1999, the competition was renamed to honor American soccer pioneer Lamar Hunt.

The Men in Blazers show is part of festivities leading up to the MLS All-Star match against Bayern Munich (Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 6:30 p.m. PT; ESPN2, UniMas).

The World Cup might be over, but for FC Dallas and fans, the next 30 days are going to be action packed and filled with soccer. The next month sees FCD hit the field for six crucial games with four of those taking place right here at Toyota Stadium. To get you all set for the busy month of summer soccer, here's a rundown of what awaits FCD:

After ten days without a match, FCD returns to the Toyota Stadium field versus New England at home this Saturday on July 19th at 8:00pm pres. by Albertsons Market. The Revolution are in current playoff standings in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. FCD is currently in fourth in the Western Conference only one and two points behind third and second place, respectively, so a win and three points would be a huge boost in the standings for the team.

A few days after that, FCD is back at Toyota Stadium for their second-ever EPL friendly, this time against Brad Guzan and Aston Villa on July 23rd pres. by Moneygram. Not only is this game a great chance to see an EPL team up close, but it's a vital chance for some of our reserve players to make a name for themself in front of a big crowd and push for first-team minutes, since the game is strictly for bragging rights.

To cap the three-match week, FCD takes on Vancouver away on the 27th at BC Place north of the border. The Whitecaps are just one point behind us in the standings currently and are in direct competition with FC Dallas for a Western Conference playoff spot, so this one is a biggie and the first of three matches FCD and Vancouver will play over the next three months. There will be an FC Dallas Party at the Pubs watch party for this game at Brickhouse Tavern + Tap where prizes and merchandise will be given away, so you'll want to make plans to join your #DTID faithful to watch this one on Sunday afternoon.

Sunday, August 3 at Chivas USA - 9:00PM StubHub Center

The two-game road swing wraps up for FCD to kick the month of August off, as FCD takes on Chivas USA in LA. Chivas has been playing well lately as they are currently on a four-game MLS win streak. They are only 3 points behind FCD in the rankings and with two games before ours and momentum on their side, they could easily climb the standings and give FCD a tough match. Last time the two teams met the match ended in a 1-1 draw.

On August 9th, Colorado travels to Toyota Stadium looking to get revenge from the last time these two teams met back in June when FCD took the win from them at home. Colorado stands in third place currently in the west, one place ahead of Dallas and this match will be the second of three meetings between the clubs in 2014. With FCD and Colorado just one point apart in the standings, this will be another huge Western Conference matchup.

Tuesday, August 12 vs Philadelphia Union - 8:00PM Toyota Stadium

FCD closes out the busy 30 days with arguably the biggest match as FC Dallas and Toyota Stadium will be hosting the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup semi-final game against the Philadelphia Union. FCD just recently played the Union winning 2-1 on July 4th and this will be FCD's first semifinal appearance since 2011. This match will be the latest round LHUSOC match at Toyota Stadium since hosting the final in 2007 and the winner will move on to play either Seattle Sounders FC or Chicago Fire in the Final.

The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup continues for FCD on Wednesday as they take on the NASL's Carolina RailHawks in the quarterfinals of the tournament kicking off at 6:30 CT at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.

The RailHawks are coming off of a 2-1 win in their international friendly against Puebla FC just a few days ago and will begin the second half of their NASL season next weekend. Their record for their spring season was 4-2-3 which places them in fourth place overall in the NASL standings. The Railhawks are led by former MLS'er Zack Schilawski who is their stand out goal scorer and assist leader with three goals and two assists over the course of the season. Some other names on the NASL side you may remember include Jun Marques Davidson formerly of the Whitecaps, Ty Shipalane and midfielder Enzo Martinez.

Interestingly, Carolina is coached by former FC Dallas manager Colin Clarke. The Northern Ireland native led FC Dallas to an appearance in the 2005 US Open Cup final and playoff appearances in 2005 and 2006.

The RailHawks come into the quarterfinals of the tournament having beaten the Charlotte Eagles 2-0 in the third round. They then went on to play Chivas USA in the fourth round which saw a 1-1 tie at the end of regulation. Extra time didn't see a winner so a penalty shootout ensued and the RailHawks came out on top by notching three of their penalty kicks. Moving on to the fifth round, they played another MLS team in the LA Galaxy and won that match 1-0 in another match that went to extra time.

The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup begins for FC Dallas tonight in the fourth round against the San Antonio Scorpions at 8pm at Toyota Stadium. FCD played in a total of three game last year winning two before falling in the quarterfinal round. Let's take a look back at how the tournament went for FCD last year.

Game 1 - Third round - May 29th, 2013 - FC Dallas 2, Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 0: The first half saw clean sheets from both sides until ultimately Blas Perez and Matt Hedges were able to come through to help FCD gain the win in the second half played at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale.

In the 54th minute, Je-Vaughn Watson sent a cross to Castillo at the far post who then kicked the ball to Blas Perez who was unmarked in front of the goal. Perez slid under Strikers goalkeeper to give FCD the lead. They scored their second goal in the 64th minute that would eventually be the last goal of the match. Michel took a free kick that found Hedges at the far post and he was able to easily head the ball into the goal.

USOC HIGHLIGHTS: FCD 3, HOU 0

Game 2 - Fourth Round - June 12th, 2013 - FC Dallas 3, Houston Dynamo 0: The scoring opened for FCD in the 38th minute when Michel sent a ball to Jacobson at the far post who then tapped the ball to Cooper in front of the goal who was able to send it past the Dyanmo goalkeeper. The second goal came just before the 60th minute when MIchel again served a corner kick right to Cooper in front of the goal who headed it home. Dallas closed out the game in the 76th minute when Dynamo keeper fumbled a ball that came back out in front of Zach Loyd who chipped the ball over the keeper from 20 yards out.

USOC HIGHLIGHTS: FCD 2, PTFC 3

Game 3 - Quarterfinals - June 26th, 2013 - FC Dallas 2, Portland Timbers 3: FCD opened up the game in the 15th minute with a strike from Je-Vaughn Watson. As quick as FCD gained the lead, they lost it. Portland responded to Dallas' goal with three goals for their own. Perez was able to notch FCD their second goal to come within reach of the Timbers and David Ferreira hit the post with the final kick of the match, but ultimately it wasn't enough as the TImbers advanced to the semi-finals of the US Open Cup eliminating FCD.